Senior Software Development Engineer in Test

Akamai Technologies is hiring a Senior Software Development Engineer in Test to solve software automation and verification problems in distributed systems. The role develops and deploys automated system tests, contributes to test plans, improves testing methodologies, and collaborates with developers and QA teams on system-wide automation infrastructure.

Responsibilities:

• Perform software QA/testing duties in furtherance of solving critical software automation and verification problems in a distributed systems environment
• Work with developers and other QA teams on system-wide automation infrastructure
• Contribute to system test plans to ensure highly effective test coverage and automation
• Create and deploy automated system tests to replicate real world scenarios
• Improve testing methodologies and procedures to enhance test automation efficiency
• Review product and system design requirements to verify accuracy of test plans and test cases
• Develop test automation using coding and software development
• Solve large scale distributed systems problems
• Work with related internet technologies

Requirements:

• Master's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Information Systems, IT, Telecommunications System Mgmt, or Telecommunications Engineering, plus two (2) years of experience in the job offered or closely related engineering role
• Two (2) years of experience with the following: Building software test beds, unit tests, automation tools, or infrastructures; C, C++, Java, Javascript, Python, PERL, or JSON; SQL, MySQL, NoSQL, Postgres, or MongoDB; Ansible, Jenkins, Jira, Chef, Git, or Gitlab; Django, Flask, Spring, or Splunk; and Docker, Oracle, Kubernetes, Cassandra, or Kafka